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This is outside the scope of this blog. I do not come to this site for this kind of commentary. I appreciate and respect your guys' knowledge of Michigan football and football in general, but this is not what this site is about, and this story is irrelevant. No politics

I hadn't heard this brought up on this site or that Bacon addressed this until now, during the writing and release and aftermath I avoided much of the coverage of the book because I knew it would be a while before I read it, and I didn't want any spoilers.

I'm not saying it's not a great book, I'm really enjoying it and I trust and believe the information that's there. But it's a helluva lot more than a few typos, and it's extremely noticable.

Sam Webb knew back in November that Swenson wasn't gonna end up in this class, and if I recall correctly MGoBlog reported it as well. We've all been expecting Weaver to decommit as well. So the media guys that follow recruiting knew, but the players didn't?

They dropped steadily in the polls all season as they eeked out victories against weak teams. They stayed in the top 10 cuz they started in the top 10 and they kept winning. Than they won the big ten fair and square. They were not favored in any big games. I may be remembering wrong, but weren't they at least a 10 point dog in the OSU game, and underdogs against us? As satifsying as it was to see them dismantled, this team was not overrated, they beat us, they beat Iowa, they beat OSU, and in potential matchups against Notre Dame, Florida State, UNC, and Stanford, they win or are competitive.

The only uneasyness I get with this is stuff is worrying that it's a violation of some sort, if it's not I'm surprised it's not. I don't think that there's anything morally wrong with it as long as the person being hired is actually a valuable asset outside of the assumed advantage with a specific recruit.

But having recruiting coordinators spread out in strategic places around the country makes a helluva lotta sense right? That's basically what Jim was for his dad while in the NFL.

And you spend tons of time practicing with these guys and sitting next to them in the classroom and looking over their shoulders when they (apparently) don't do their homework or go to their workouts, so I'm sure you know better.